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Sebastian Vettel closes the gap with clinical Belgian Grand Prix win
Sebastian Vettel went some way to making up for the disappointments of Germany and Hungary by driving a clinical race to take victory in Belgian Grand Prix to close his championship deficit. The Ferrari driver managed to pass pole sitter Lewis Hamilton as they approached Turn 4, using the long Kemmel Straight to slipstream the Mercedes just seconds before the Safety Car came out for a huge Turn 1 incident. In a crash that echoed the 2012 event, Nico Hulkenberg piled into the back of Fernando Alonso, forcing the Spaniard into the air and over the top of Charles Leclerc’s Sauber, forcing all three to retire on the spot. It had a knock-on effect though as Alonso’s front-wing...
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